Kenneth Baer
@kennethbaer.bsky.social
Founder Crosscut Strategies and Democracy Journal, former Associate Director at WH OMB, author of Reinventing Democrats, reformed speechwriter.
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The clearest sign of intellectual chemistry isn’t agreeing with someone. It’s enjoying your disagreements with them.
Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments.
Creative tension makes beautiful music.
Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments.
Creative tension makes beautiful music.
January 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The clearest sign of intellectual chemistry isn’t agreeing with someone. It’s enjoying your disagreements with them.
Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments.
Creative tension makes beautiful music.
Harmony is not the combination of identical sounds. It’s the pleasing arrangement of different tones, voices, or instruments.
Creative tension makes beautiful music.
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WH had illegal day 1 pauses on green energy & foreign aid
On Monday they expanded pauses to be 1/3 of the budget
WH then walked it back & PRETENDED they never expanded & were only reiterating day 1 EOs
Now she's spinning, saying “yeah, everything is continuing as planned, just the day 1 EOs!”
On Monday they expanded pauses to be 1/3 of the budget
WH then walked it back & PRETENDED they never expanded & were only reiterating day 1 EOs
Now she's spinning, saying “yeah, everything is continuing as planned, just the day 1 EOs!”
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
WH had illegal day 1 pauses on green energy & foreign aid
On Monday they expanded pauses to be 1/3 of the budget
WH then walked it back & PRETENDED they never expanded & were only reiterating day 1 EOs
Now she's spinning, saying “yeah, everything is continuing as planned, just the day 1 EOs!”
On Monday they expanded pauses to be 1/3 of the budget
WH then walked it back & PRETENDED they never expanded & were only reiterating day 1 EOs
Now she's spinning, saying “yeah, everything is continuing as planned, just the day 1 EOs!”
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The ADL Scolds Elon Musk for Nazi Puns: “The Holocaust Is Not a Joke”
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The ADL Scolds Elon Musk for Nazi Puns: “The Holocaust Is Not a Joke”
After defending Musk's viral salute, The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing the tech billionaire after he made a series of Holocaust jokes.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The ADL Scolds Elon Musk for Nazi Puns: “The Holocaust Is Not a Joke”
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Trump return-to-work policy will be a nice case study in implementation of EOs and presidential influence in the bureaucracy. Even seemingly cut-and-dry WH dictates are tough to implement w/o skill, persistence, and buy-in. Will be interesting to see if/how WH accomplishes it.
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trump return-to-work policy will be a nice case study in implementation of EOs and presidential influence in the bureaucracy. Even seemingly cut-and-dry WH dictates are tough to implement w/o skill, persistence, and buy-in. Will be interesting to see if/how WH accomplishes it.
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Lowering prices of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is great, but it’s not enough. By adopting a subscription model (think Amazon Prime for GLP-1s) for eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients, we could eliminate the barriers of individual pricing.
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Medicare announces plan to negotiate prices of diabetes, weight loss drugs
The expensive weight loss drug Wegovy is among 15 whose prices will soon be negotiated by Medicare.
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January 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Lowering prices of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is great, but it’s not enough. By adopting a subscription model (think Amazon Prime for GLP-1s) for eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients, we could eliminate the barriers of individual pricing.
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Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2024
MA enrollment 54.7% of overall Medicare recipients in 2024
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MA enrollment 54.7% of overall Medicare recipients in 2024
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January 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2024
MA enrollment 54.7% of overall Medicare recipients in 2024
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/649
MA enrollment 54.7% of overall Medicare recipients in 2024
www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/649
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Vertical integration
December 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Vertical integration
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News: The Washington Post talent exodus is underway, with Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer joining The Atlantic.
December 31, 2024 at 2:15 PM
News: The Washington Post talent exodus is underway, with Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer joining The Atlantic.
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HHS is by far the largest US agency with an almost $2 trillion budget – more than double that of the Dept. of Defense. That’s why leadership matters. I discuss what we might expect for Trump’s second term with @karaswisher.bsky.social, @celinegounder.com, and Donald McNeil Jr.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:54 PM
HHS is by far the largest US agency with an almost $2 trillion budget – more than double that of the Dept. of Defense. That’s why leadership matters. I discuss what we might expect for Trump’s second term with @karaswisher.bsky.social, @celinegounder.com, and Donald McNeil Jr.
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It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
December 19, 2024 at 2:44 AM
It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter
"There is antisemitism on the left, and there is antisemitism on the right...It is critically important for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity and speak out against it, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s within your own party." -
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UPenn ‘lost its way’ in response to campus antisemitism, Governor Shapiro says
In conversation with AJC CEO Ted Deutch, Josh Shapiro says some universities were “willing to forgo” their responsibilities to protect Jewish students on campus
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December 17, 2024 at 1:48 PM
"There is antisemitism on the left, and there is antisemitism on the right...It is critically important for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity and speak out against it, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s within your own party." -
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The putting that on Hard Knocks AFC North?
December 16, 2024 at 2:55 AM
The putting that on Hard Knocks AFC North?
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Knish in a dish
Noodle in a kugel
Kreplach in a headlock
Noodle in a kugel
Kreplach in a headlock
December 13, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Knish in a dish
Noodle in a kugel
Kreplach in a headlock
Noodle in a kugel
Kreplach in a headlock
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Wonderland Books just opened in Bethesda! I’m checking it out today and hope you will consider buying books here or another independent bookstore for you holiday shopping!
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December 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Wonderland Books just opened in Bethesda! I’m checking it out today and hope you will consider buying books here or another independent bookstore for you holiday shopping!
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Antisemitic vandalism. Four unsecured weapons. 600 rounds of ammunition. Badges with jihadi slogans. Hamas and Hezbollah flags. 90 signatures on the petition insisting there's nothing to worry about here. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Antisemitic vandalism. Four unsecured weapons. 600 rounds of ammunition. Badges with jihadi slogans. Hamas and Hezbollah flags. 90 signatures on the petition insisting there's nothing to worry about here. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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trenton should establish some sort of ted-talk-esque conference so it can reinterpret its bridge to mean "Trenton makes the world's Takes"
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
trenton should establish some sort of ted-talk-esque conference so it can reinterpret its bridge to mean "Trenton makes the world's Takes"
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People like the Affordable Care Act and pushes for additional reforms should keep that in mind.
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December 9, 2024 at 1:27 PM
People like the Affordable Care Act and pushes for additional reforms should keep that in mind.
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Good summary of fascinating coversation between Mark Cuban and Zeke Emanuel about Cost Plus Drugs' battle against #PBMs
@mcuban.bsky.social @zekeemanuel.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com
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@mcuban.bsky.social @zekeemanuel.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com
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Mark Cuban Explains His Battle Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
In a fireside chat at the University of Pennsylvania, Mark Cuban and Ezekiel Emanuel discuss Cuban’s new company that is disrupting the U.S. prescription drug distribution market.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Good summary of fascinating coversation between Mark Cuban and Zeke Emanuel about Cost Plus Drugs' battle against #PBMs
@mcuban.bsky.social @zekeemanuel.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com
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@mcuban.bsky.social @zekeemanuel.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com
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Syrians just opened up Assad’s presidential garage. This is what the Ba’ath Party’s Arab Socialism looks like.
December 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Syrians just opened up Assad’s presidential garage. This is what the Ba’ath Party’s Arab Socialism looks like.
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The surest test of a Middle Eastern regime's commitment to liberal and humane values is its willingness to live in peace alongside the Jewish state of Israel.
December 8, 2024 at 12:55 PM
The surest test of a Middle Eastern regime's commitment to liberal and humane values is its willingness to live in peace alongside the Jewish state of Israel.